Middle East
Europe
Russia
East Asia
South Asia
100

What is the climate of the Middle East?

Arid

100
What religion is predominantly practiced in Europe?

Christianity

100

What was the symbolic barrier that divided Western Europe from the USSR during the Cold War?

The Iron Curtain

100

What was China's policy as a method of population control?

One Child Policy

100

Which city in India was a symbol of poverty, homelessness, and despair?

Kolkata

200

What is the predominant religion of the Middle East?

Islam

200
Does the birth rate exceed the death rate in Europe?

No

200

Why have people failed to invade Russia?

Climate

Vast territory

Strategy of retreating

200

What is a self-governing territory in China?

Hong Kong

200
Who led the Indian Independence Movement from Great Britain?

Mahatma Gandhi

300

What fossil fuels does the Middle East control?

Oil

Natural gas

300

What country typically colonized other territories?

Great Britain

300

What caused the severe environmental issues in Russia?

Rapid industrialization

Nuclear era

300

Which East Asian country has the strictest environmental laws?

Japan

300

With what country does India have conflict?

Pakistan

400

Who influences the price and availability of oil?

OPEC

400

What goals does the EU work towards?

Cooperation and political unity between European countries

400

How did the economic system change when the USSR dissolved?

Centralized to privatized

400
Why is the Russo-Japanese War important?

Marked the first time an Asian nation defeated a European power in modern history

400

Where do the majority of people live in Southeast Asia?

Rural areas

500

What was the root cause of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

Fight over land and national identity

500

What is the state policy for reclaiming lost territories and peoples based on shared ethnicity and history?

Irredentism

500

How did Russia expand their territory throughout history?

Autocracy

Geography

500

After China's economy switched to modified capitalism, what did not change?

Communist control in politics

500
What does the caste system determine?

Jobs, neighborhood, marriage, etc.

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